For its sole general assembly of the year, CONCORD dealt with a consistent pack of statutory matters, reforming its way to approve its budget, defining its members’ fee for 2011 and welcoming its 43rd member: the Bulgarian platform. 4 board members were also elected. Amongst them are Andrea Maksimovic from Solidar (re-elected), Harry Goddard from Plan, Daniel Verger from Caritas Europa and Johannes Trimmel from the Austrian Platform. They are replacing Jake Bharier (Bond), Eva-Christina Nilsson (Aprodev) and Annamária Kekesi (Hungarian NP) that CONCORD thanks greatly for their commitment during all these years.
For CONCORD participants, it was the political debates that were of significant interest. The policy debates reflected CONCORD 2010 priorities: Policy coherence for Development, Aid Watch/MDGs, the impact of the European institutional reform and the quadrilogue process.
Other thematic information was shared on the Spring Alliance work, how to increase the partnerships with the South (a first meeting will take place on 27 July), the upcoming Belgian presidency of the European Union, the progress and plans of the Open Forum for CSO Development Effectiveness, the Development Education Watch report, the non-eligibility of taxes within EC-funded projects, the workshop on how to improve members capacity in lobbying parliaments (a second meeting will be organised end of September in on lobbying national governments).
One of the high point on the agenda was of course the debate with Development Commissioner Piebalgs who proposed to build an EU development acquis, looking for opportunities to use directives and legislation, and stressed that he wanted civil society organisations to be more consulted and more active.
For further information: aphilippart@concordeurope.org
Information provided by Agnès Philippart, CONCORD
For CONCORD participants, it was the political debates that were of significant interest. The policy debates reflected CONCORD 2010 priorities: Policy coherence for Development, Aid Watch/MDGs, the impact of the European institutional reform and the quadrilogue process.
Other thematic information was shared on the Spring Alliance work, how to increase the partnerships with the South (a first meeting will take place on 27 July), the upcoming Belgian presidency of the European Union, the progress and plans of the Open Forum for CSO Development Effectiveness, the Development Education Watch report, the non-eligibility of taxes within EC-funded projects, the workshop on how to improve members capacity in lobbying parliaments (a second meeting will be organised end of September in on lobbying national governments).One of the high point on the agenda was of course the debate with Development Commissioner Piebalgs who proposed to build an EU development acquis, looking for opportunities to use directives and legislation, and stressed that he wanted civil society organisations to be more consulted and more active.
For further information: aphilippart@concordeurope.org
Information provided by Agnès Philippart, CONCORD
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